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IRAQ: Mideast Nuclear Weapons Free Zone a Non-Starter
When U.S. President George W. Bush recently enunciated his new military doctrine of ”pre-emptive” strikes on countries developing weapons of mass destruction (WMD), he specifically warned Iraq, Iran and North Korea to clean up their acts or face dire consequences.IRAQ: U.S. Faces Uphill Battle to Lift U.N. Sanctions
The much-publicised looting of television sets and furniture from several shops in Baghdad last week was ''chicken feed”, says a cynical Arab diplomat with tongue firmly entrenched in cheek. ''Wait until the American oil companies lay their hands on Iraq. That's when the real looting begins.''IRAQ: Economic Damage Could Far Surpass 1991 War, U.N. says
After 24 days of economic and human devastation in Iraq, a shell-shocked Middle East can expect a frighteningly negative fallout from the U.S.-led war, according to a senior U.N. official.IRAQ: U.N. Condemns ‘Incredible’ Civilian Deaths
The rising number of civilian deaths in Iraq - caused mostly by heavy U.S. firepower - has evoked strong protests and condemnation by senior U.N. officials and global human rights and humanitarian groups.IRAQ: U.S. Set to Bypass U.N.
The United States, which went to battle with Iraq by short-circuiting the United Nations, has magnanimously promised a ''vital role'' for the world body in post-war Iraq.DEVELOPMENT: A Month’s Food a ‘Blessing’ for Many Africans – U.N.
The United Nations is underlining the stark irony of an average war-battered Iraqi family being assured of at least one month's food stocks while its African counterpart has to literally make do with nothing.DEVELOPMENT: War on Iraq Threatens U.N. Poverty Goals
The U.S.-led war on Iraq is threatening to undermine the U.N.-led global war against poverty.POLITICS-US: There’s No Business Like War Business
U.S. military forces so far have dropped over 8,700 bombs, including more than 3,000 missiles, and fired millions of rounds of ammunition on military and civilian targets in Iraq - they may have unleashed virtually all their state-of-the-art weaponry on an already-devastated country.POLITICS-U.S.: There’s No Business Like War Business
When the dust finally settles on post-war Iraq, the United States may have unleashed virtually all of its state-of-the-art weaponry on a country already devastated by 13 years of rigid U.N. sanctions.IRAQ: U.N. Agreed on Aid Role but Skirted Political Minefield
Top Pentagon adviser Richard Perle predicted last week that Iraqi president Saddam Hussein will ''go quickly, but not alone''.IRAQ: U.S. Moves to Block U.N. Emergency Session on War
The United States, whose military attack on Iraq has been roundly condemned by the international community, is trying to silence the highest policy-making body at the United Nations: the 191-member General Assembly.IRAQ: U.N. Heading for Standoff Over Relief Aid
After refusing to provide legitimacy to a U.S.-led war on Iraq last week, the 15-member U.N. Security Council is heading for a new standoff, this time over humanitarian assistance to displaced Iraqis and the creation of a post-war U.S. military authority in Baghdad.IRAQ: U.N. Chief Defends U.S.-Ordered Exit
The U.S. decision to bypass the United Nations in its war against Iraq last week has not only hurt the world body but has also drawn Secretary-General Kofi Annan into a controversy over his pre-war edict ordering U.N. workers to bail out of Baghdad before the bombs fell.IRAQ: U.N. Fears War Could Further Hurt Hobbling Afghanistan
The United Nations has expressed fears that the military attack on Iraq may hurt the already belaboured reconstruction of battle-scarred Afghanistan.IRAQ: U.S. Will Need U.N. to Rebuild Country, Warn Diplomats
The United States could win a unilateral war against Iraq because of its overwhelming military might, but it will still have to come back to a multilateral body like the United Nations to help reconstruct the devastated country, diplomats and senior U.N. officials said Wednesday.IRAQ: NGOs Urge States to Use U.N. Charter to Prevent Attack
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) condemned the U.S. decision to abandon multilateral diplomacy in favour of a unilateral military attack against Iraq on Tuesday, with some calling for an emergency session of the General Assembly to try and prevent war.IRAQ: War Would be U.S. Design not U.N. Failure, Diplomats say
Former U.N. secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold once remarked that the United Nations was not created to take mankind to paradise, but merely to save humanity from hell.IRAQ: U.N. Vote on Latest Resolution Still Clouded in Uncertainty
In a desperate attempt to garner nine votes for a U.N. resolution justifying a military attack on Iraq, the United States and Britain have tried every trick in the political cook book: bribe, cajole, arm-twist and even threaten some members of the Security Council with economic reprisals.IRAQ: Third World Group Tells Members in UN Council to Vote ‘No’
The largest single coalition of developing nations - the 116-member Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) - is appealing to six of its members in the U.N. Security Council to vote against a proposed resolution for a war on Iraq.POLITICS: Will Iraq Crisis Signal U.N.’s Final Disappearing Act?
At the height of the Cold War in the 1960s, a former Peruvian diplomat characterised the United Nations as a politically wobbly institution that survives only at the will - and pleasure - of the world's big powers.POLITICS: Iraq Decision Will Ring Throughout Region – U.N. Chief
How the U.N. Security Council deals with the Iraq crisis will signal whether it can successfully treat the most profound problem in the Middle East region: Palestinian-Israeli relations, U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Monday.He also warned that if the United States were to attack Iraq without returning to the Security Council, such a move would violate the U.N. charter.
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